if they paid 15% of their labor into a system on the promise it would pay back at some level, then they are owed that money.
the problem is... all the govt employees that get lifetime pensions for a few years work. the number of people in that category across the US is staggering
“if they paid 15% of their labor into a system on the promise it would pay back at some level, then they are owed that money.”
Not without a vibrant private sector to pay the bill they aren’t. They are gonna get squat because people vote their government checks, even “conservatives”.